‘Came out the top of my skull’: Moment bystander is shot in head and survives
When a young drug runner was brutally gunned down in a quiet suburban street, an innocent bystander was shot in the head. Here’s how he somehow survived.
The War
As Sydney's current gang war continues to rage, The War goes back to where the violence all began and investigates three vicious conflicts that led us to this point, including crime families who hated each other so badly they were ready to use rocket launchers on suburban streets. Dive inside the worst gang wars Sydney has seen in a generation, in four gripping digital mini-series produced by The Daily Telegraph. The brand new The Road To War, as well as previous series The War and The War II: Kill or be Killed and The War: Young Blood.
The War: Young Blood – Inside Sydney’s postcode gangs
Eleven teenagers murdered in four years against a backdrop of ‘drill rap’ performers who use lyrics to brag openly about killings and muggings. Look inside Sydney’s ‘postcode gangs’ with The War: Young Blood. WATCH HERE
Watch now: Every episode of The War is here
Seventeen murders in two years. It is the worst gang war Sydney has seen in a generation. Watch every episode of The Daily Telegraph’s groundbreaking video series and delve into the tit-for-tat gangland killings that exploded into a family blood feud between the Hamzys and Alameddines.
Fears Sydney’s gang war could explode as Hamzy freed from jail
One of the most senior members of the Hamzy family is back on the streets in a move that could reignite Sydney’s gang wars. Police tried to block his release for his own safety but now he’s out – and in the eyes of the underworld, he’s in serious danger.
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Slain underworld figure ‘dead man walking for six years’
Police believe the execution of gangster Mahmoud ‘Brownie’ Ahmad this year could be linked to a feud that saw his brother brutally gunned down six years ago.
Guilty plea over postcode-related party death
A 28-year-old man has pleaded guilty to concealing information about the postcode war-related death of 18-year-old Alex Ioane at a house party in 2019.
State of Pain: Mums see sons knifed dead in viral videos
The wave of knife crime that’s had deadly consequences in Sydney’s postcode wars has spread to country NSW. But it’s the disgusting ways parents are finding out their child has died that is causing outrage.
Knife crime penalties could soar under new crime plan
Opposition leader Chris Minns is pushing for beefed up knife laws following 11 fatal stabbings in four years in NSW. Find out what jail time and fines could apply.
Exposed: How Sydney’s ‘postcode wars’ turn kids into child soldiers
Primary schoolchildren are being recruited into Sydney postcode gangs as NSW Police battle to control the number of young people carrying knives – and using them – to fuel rising conflicts across the city. WATCH EPISODE ONE OF THE WAR: YOUNG BLOOD
I found out my son was knifed dead through a text
There was no knock at the door by police. No sympathetic phone call. The message that tore a mum’s world apart came from a stranger on Facebook. “Are you Kane’s mum? Kane’s dead”.
How do I tell my baby his dad was killed in a gang war?
Taylor Piliae is still getting over the Sydney Royal Easter Show stabbing death of her partner Uati Faletolu. Now, she must figure out how to tell her newborn son his dad died a senseless death in Sydney’s postcode gangs war.
Islander ex-bikie: Why I became a teen Sydney gangster
A reformed Sydney bikie has lifted the lid on how he joined a gang as a teenager and what it was that pushed him to seek a life on the streets. WATCH EPISODE 2 OF THE WAR: YOUNG BLOOD HERE
Attempted stabbing rocks future NRL stars in Sydney gang attack
A group of six junior rugby league players got off the train in Sydney and within seconds were surrounded by a postcode gang of 15 teenagers – one carrying a knife. This is what unfolded.
Shocking act: Hamzy-Alameddine feud spills into Sydney postcodes war
Both men allegedly involved in one of Sydney’s attempted Hamzy-Alameddine underworld assassinations have links to a postcode street gang, it can be revealed. But it was what unfolded during the attempted hit that shocked the city.
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